We were blessed with an opportunity to attend the Texas Baptist Preschool & Children's Ministry Retreat in Granbury, TX on January 17-19th. We were encouraged by a wonderful keynote speaker, Dr. Michael A. Evans, Sr. of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield, TX. We enjoyed the various breakout classes that were offered such as how to balance family and ministry and our favorite class "Growing in God's Word" that was presented by Lifeway Kids and taught us the levels of Biblical learning for children. We were able to meet many different children's ministry vendors and see the latest products and curriculums as well. It was a great time of spiritual renewal for us personally, for our ministry to children, and it gave us renewed vision for reaching the children in our local community with the gospel message.
(the Baptist church in Oak Ridge, Roatan, Honduras)
The Lord gave us an incredible opportunity for our family to go to Roatan, Honduras (one of the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras) on a mission trip Jan. 23-30th. Our team was able to come alongside the believers at Oak Ridge First Baptist Church. We served the children in Oak Ridge through a mini Vacation Bible School each morning and David taught the youth group in the afternoon using David Platt's Bible study for students called "Follow Me". David preached on Sunday morning at Oak Ridge First Baptist and on Sunday night we got to enjoy a joint worship service there with all the churches on the island. Tuesday night we were asked to share our testimonies with the people there and on Thursday night we experienced a wonderful prayer service. God blessed us through the people as they cared for our team. There is a great need for a pastor at the church, for male leadership, and for discipleship on the island. Please join us in prayer as we seek God's will for our family as the people of Oak Ridge have asked that we would come be missionaries on the island to help meet these needs.
Partner With Us
We are so grateful to each of you who are literally "holding the rope" for us to be here serving in missions and ministry. We appreciate both our faithful prayer partners and our financial partners. If you would like to help support our family's mission work (all donations are tax deductible), you may send donations to:
First Baptist Church
RE: David & Gretta Johns
300 E. Ocean Blvd.
Los Fresnos, TX 78566
We thank each of you for your continued partnership in our mission work and for keeping us lifted up to the Lord in prayers.
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